World Bank Carbon Finance Unit

World Bank Carbon Finance Unit

Annual Meeting of the Host Country Committee

8-9 May, 2006; Cologne

VENUE DETAILS

Room “Europasaal”, 1st Floor, Koelnmesse

FINAL AGENDA

Objectives of the meeting

To seek advise from, and engage members of the Host Country Committeeon a dialogue around “post 2012”, including the need to ensure market continuity, means and options for engagement;

To stimulate a discussion around CDM and JI policy updates, including developments around and progress on programmatic CDM;

Update and progress on the status of the HCC work program

Day I:Beyond the First Commitment Period of the Kyoto Protocol

8:30

/ Breakfast

9:00

/ Welcome Xuedu Lu, Chair of the Host Country CommitteeJoelle Chassard, Manager, World Bank Carbon FundsAdoption of Agenda
Roundtable Discussion: The need for a regulatory framework beyond 2012 and market continuity
- A dialogue between members of the Host Country Committee and other experts -
9:15 / POST 2012 and Market Continuity
Moderator: Venkata Ramana Putti, World Bank
Joanna Lewis, PewCenter for Climate Change
Rajesh Sethi, Ministry of Environment and Forests, India
Hiroshi Yamagata, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan
Andrei Marcu, IETA
Xuedu Lu, China
Miguel Angel Cervantes, SEMARNAT, Mexico
Johannes Heister, World Bank

11:00

/ Coffee Break

11:15

/ - continuation of post 2012 discussion -
Discussion with the audience
12:30 / Wrap-up of Panel /Next Steps – Johannes Heister, The World Bank

13:00

/ Lunch
14:15 / Update on Methodological Issues
Felicity Spors, The World Bank

15:00

/ Parallel Session
Coordinators: Martina Bosi and Klaus Oppermann, World Bank
Status/ updates programmatic CDM – World Bank
Discussant: Marcela Main, Chile / Parallel Session
Coordinator: Felicity Spors, World Bank
Vlad Trusca, Romania
Status of Joint Implementation and Green Investment Schemes
16:20 / Coffee
16:45 / Update on CF Assist activities and work program issues
Moderators: Konrad von Ritter, World Bank Institute

• CF Assist work program update – Charles Cormier and Venkata Ramana Putti
• Report and updates on HCC work program 2005 – Charles Cormier

Discussion
17:30 / CLOSED SESSION
Election of the New HCC Chair
Next meeting/other HCC issues
0900 / DAY II: PRICES FOR EMISSION REDUCTIONS
-a roundtable discussion with buyers and sellers –
Moderator: Charles Cormier, World Bank
Chandra Sekhar Sinha, World Bank
Marcela Main, Chile
Rajesh Sethi, India
Pablo Fernandez, ENDESA
Shin Oya, Japan Carbon Fund
Miguel Cervantes, Mexico
Samir Tanawi, Egypt (tbc)
Marcos Castros, Ecuador
Michael Fubi, RWE
-discussion –
11:30 -12:15 / A discussion on improving regional distribution of CDM projects
Johannes Heister, The World Bank
Washington Zakhata/Bwango Apuuli and/or
New chair of the HCC
Philippe Bosse, AFD
12:15 – 12.30 / Closing remarks – Warren Evans, The World Bank

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